The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-02

,-tcc AT a Village Fair-L@ying
,..,ndation of the Great Prima
ponna's Fortune
r.se hut among tall pines on the eS-
J" count Hamilton, in Wexio, in
ta' tbe hut. consisting Of two rooms,
,,,,o,n. co. poor forester on Aug. ~ IN the
~ v,o, born a little tow headed girl,
''' ,onr.c>t OF seven children, who never
'D ,p.e>s especially questioned but con
I'll. sang. trying 20 initiate the birds or
'','.'....rnl.ring OF the waters-in fact, obey
'D .~ inner impulse 20 initiate the great
n' N. ~ nature never having heard any
NJ. -., Tho Sjoabohl hamlet OF Snugsc,
,-'' ,..b the part Of the forest belonged
.b. had first seen the light Of day, was
MILF, distant from WeXio, and the
ambition Of the poor children was 10
','. d, get 70 the fair of Wexio and earn
an. ,omeho" in that great town Of
',-i SO Inhabitants. In order to reach
-f,-,,rs result, little Christine, who had
.-,,,f+ herself 10 play on small fiddle which
,,''..,si 20 her elder brother, and which you
any dav YOU plcsse in the magnificent
-,~ >be has built for herself in South
,,..''-..,,,on. entered into partnership with
-l-,.ber. who was already her inferior as
I--.,r,..t and they started out together for
.t.c,lebrated Wexio.
At VILLAGE FAIR.
d. they went, per pedes apostolorum, until
,t,, reached. on their way, Ljung-by (by
'-..p. village, where there was held small
o. and where the young violinist accom-
- her own voice in the few Swedish
ls..,rsl SONGS she then had heard and re-
Incl I'M her precociOuS memory. With
'-,sr pride she relates that this, her first open
O. concert. brought her the treasure of
ttr.on4Dce haf-penny, forewarning her of
.borrtold wealth which awaited the children
- line town fair Thither, then, they re
,.;red with all the courage that success,
riorv and money can give, and arrived little
9~aj but hopeful, at the fair. There was
suddenly big audience, who wondered If
tbs violin PLAYED Christine or Christine the
violin When the admiring crowd assem-
be3 II attracted the attention Of Mr.. Tor
nerbieim. the provincial judge, who tried to
frd ont. as every one OF us would, what was
+be matter. Well, fortunately for the great
singer. the Judge, man over six feet high,
looked over the shoulders Of the people at the
little girl who formed the center Of attrac-
t,n. and then he saw and heard, over and
sbove the scraping OF the little fiddle, what
ba th0ught the sweetest and most enchanting
tr,bre 0f voice he had ever heard before.
Ahghly educated man, and accustomed to
read in the physiognomy Of the people who
were brought before him their character and
probable capabilities he spoke first TO the
how then to the little girl, and there and then
laid the foundation Of the great prima dOnna's
fortune by the present Of untold Wealth.
sixpence Christine, already frightened with
the responsibility of carrying her Ljung-by
funds. suddenly grown rich beyond her eX
rotations. with great frmness insisted Oh
their immediate return to the only place
where so much money could safely be in
vested or deposited-their fathers hut.
THE TOILET DEJOUR.
You can see in one of Christine'S great
salons the little skirt, which did not descend
10 the ankle the toilet dejour of her first con
cert. minus the least bit Of shoes or stock
ings: and the cherished portrait Of two bons
par,ans Suedos-father and mother-n a
rich gold frame, which cost more than a long
series of concerts at that time could have
brought her
Although not quite so rich as she became
hereafter. she returned with the first money
earned with her first success in public TO her
father who saw. real and alive, nine and one
half peuce. the product Of two concerts, ID
bis daughters little hand. Strange as it may
appear the great success and the great fnan-
cial result remained for a few days without
any further consequences; when, just as
second artistic journey was contemplated, the
aforementioned judge, who naturally had
bad some difficulty i'm nearthing the where
ab0uts of bis small prima donna, came
straight upon her father and asked him
would le allow his honor the provincial
judge 90 take temporary possession of the
youngest child. and if she were found 10 be so
intelligent and gifted as she was supposed to
be To give Der the education which would
perhaps make tSe name of little Christine
somewhat better known The father referred
BIN 90 the mother, as every well bred father
w.ll, and the mother, with that abnegation
that make, of motherly love the only reli-
able. r-tO-be-found-w wanting love in the
world, instantly consented TO separate her
self from her chiId-a youngest child 10 boot
so long as that sacrifice could do the child
any good. This little preliminary arranged,
The first important step in Chlistines life Was
made.-LOuis Engeis "FrOm Mozart 10